Green Party Proposal Seeks to Ban SUVs in Paris

PARIS Even as sales of SUVs climb in France, legal actions favoring smaller cars are gaining favor from both ends of the political spectrum. On June 8, the Paris city council adopted a resolution from the liberal Green party asking the mayor and police chief to do all they can to eliminate SUVs from city streets, especially on days of high pollution. Toyota RAV4 is France’s best-selling SUV. And on

PARIS – Even as sales of SUVs climb in France, legal actions favoring smaller cars are gaining favor from both ends of the political spectrum.
On June 8, the Paris city council adopted a resolution from the liberal Green party asking the mayor and police chief to do all they can to eliminate SUVs from city streets, especially on days of high pollution.
Toyota RAV4 is France’s best-selling SUV.
And on June 21, the conservative federal government revealed a national health plan that ...

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